Using LEDs as display (display_light_player)

You can map any display to your playfield LEDs or any LEDs (e.g. a LED matrix) in your machine. This enables you to leverage any MC features and display them on any LEDs (or more specifically any lights) in your machine.

Video about display_light_player:

To use this in a show you can use this:

##! show: test_show
- display_lights:
    your_source_display:     # use any display defined in your machine
      lights: "*"            # map all lights. you can also use a tag

Or standalone:

display_light_player:
  your_event:
    your_source_display:
      lights: "*"

Then map your lights to a position on the display:

lights:
  l_light1:
    number: 1
    x: 0.3595817467355206
    y: 0.026751757949132805
  l_light2:
    number: 2
    x: 0.34303657433971446
    y: 0.02873336964906857

You can map those in the MPF monitor and then copy the locations using the script in tools/monitor_to_config.py or manually. You may need to adjust config names in the script (improvements welcome).

Usage in config files

In config files, the display light player is used via the display_light_player: section.

Usage in shows

In shows, the display light player is used via the display_lights: section of a step.

Config Options

See display_light_player: for config details.

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